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This body is not a home, but an inn and that only for a short time.
Seneca the Younger
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Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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We have been born under a monarchy to obey God is freedom.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Unjust rule does not last forever.
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Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.
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Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels and the mere fact that we do not perceive ourselves to be sick, renders us more hard to be cured.
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
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True friends are the whole world to one another and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.
Seneca the Younger
